Stub for binding loose leaves.



F. A. MERRIMAN.

STUB FOR BINDING LOOSE LEAVES. APPLICATION FILED JAN-8,1915.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Invent 02'', FA.JWzrr-z'man Coitnessesw THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH col. wASmNGTo-N, n. c.

the following is a specification.

' FREDERICK .A. MERRIMAN, F LOS ANGELES, onmr'o nnin.

srma Eon BINDING noose LEAvns.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Application fil ed. January 8, 1915. Serial No.1,152. I I

YToaZZ whomitmai concern: f

Be it known that I, FREDERIC A. MERRI- :MAN, a citizen of the United States of ;America, and a resident of Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stubs for Binding Loose Leaves, of which My invention relates to improvements in 10 stubs for binding loose leavespand theobject of my improvement "is to improve the method of binding together detachably the leaves used in loose leaf ledgers and the'like,

by securingftheleaves to stubs in such a way as to permit the leaves to. become separated flatly when .spread apart, to, facilitate their use in handling and to utilize practically the entire surfaces of the leaves for entries. .This ;object I have.,accomplished I by the means which are hereinafter'described and -c1aimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inY'w-hich: o

Q,Figi1re 1 is a plan, on a reduced scale, and withparts broken away, of a stub having my improved securing means for ,loose ,leav.es. Fig. 2 is a like plan of the device, showingparts olfthe stub and said securing s means removed. Fig. 3 is an end elevation,

1111 size, of my improved device.v Fig. 4, is we; transverse section of said device taken, size, on the line a-b ofsaid Fig.1. Fig. 5 is an end elevation of 'an'assemblage of said devices as grouped together in book form, with parts of both th stubs and leaves to be opened flatly apart. 7

,ySimilar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views. I I It is well known thatloose leavesasordi- 40 narily bound together in so called loose leaf ledgers and the like, have their inner mar- ,ginal portions so compressed upon-{ each other, and somuch of said margins usurped byreason of the necessity of binding them f togetlierby stringing them on bmding pins "of the cover, that a large proportion of each, leaf is impossible, of utilization, while the book, asa whole, opens stiifly-and partially, rendering itdiflicult to make insertions or when-tries. My device is intended to obviate l these faults in construction and use. With these purposes in view, I arrange a plurality f r ,of loose leaves in a pile and form and ada'pt -when spread apart, 1 form As shown, this envelo like edges thereof'tto be detachably secured 1n a b ndlng stub-,so that a number of these stubs may assemblage of-stubs and consequen'tl easy clally to permitfadjacentleaves to lie flatly my mp e V be bound or otherwise secured together: To insure flexibility in such an binding stub of two rigid parts 1 and"2,

being a pair of strips of book-'board-of like form and dimensions,and flexibly connected by means of ,a flexible envelop 'Whichfforms also the intermediate flexible connection 4.

mediate flexible one piece of "binding cloth or other suitable materialv flexed upon ,itsel-f to cover thestri'ps and provide'the V I The flexible hinge part 4 is made wide enough to insure ease hinge between them.

in swinging the strip 2 with the attached leaves 10 in opening and usi'n g the assembled stubswhen bou'ndin book form.

p, as also its initer- I P -ft'4-between the strips 1 y and 2 is formed of The strip 2' is supplied with a plurality of rectangular openings 8 along one edge, :and with relatively'shallowgrooves 16 on the opposite longitudinal edge directly opposite from each other. V V, The numeral 5 denotes a binding made ofja strip of spring steel doubled 'Uashapeand seated in'the'groove 1 6 to its members embrace the narrowed part of into the body 2 and extendig ver the opening 8.

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Both the strip 2" and both'memberslof [said clip have like registermg orifices 1'5"to receivea fastening annulus '6 whose ends may, r

be spread to, firmly secure the clip to the strip 2. Both members-0f said clip have like rectangular orifices, out of line with each other, as shown at 7' and'14, 1 be described hereinafter.

for a purpose to {Both the strip 2 and its coverv 12 have their alined'cut away parts 8 and theclipj ,5 to the parts. a v p or o v v 7 Each leaf 10 has its; left-hand vertical edgecut away to provide spaced short tabs 9 which are of a height requisite to be rel3-made w-iderin height than permit of ready assembling of ceived-i-nto the openlngs Z9 ofthe'strip 2, as"

best shown in said Fig. 2.- :It will be seen that these tabs are very short and therefore butlittle ofthe margin of the leaf is taken up in the stub, thus leaving all the balance a members may be engaged to clamp them tightly, which sufliciently prevents their being detached under the ordinary stresses of use.

in any The wings 11 being flexibly connected to the rigid strips 2, open out flatly, as shown in Fig. '5, together with any overlying leaves 10 to bridge across the interspace of the stubs when the latter are spread apart. It will be seen that thus the whole surface I of each leaf may be used, since the flexible hinges 4 allow the stubs to freely separate sufficiently for this result The clips 5 are reversible, and as many 'may be used on each strip 2 as necessary acof the leaves 10. The

cording to the height stubs may beassembled and bound together convenient manner, binding expense, since the leaves lO are already secured thereto. means than that shown may be employed to secure the clip-members to the strip 2 without departing from theprinciple of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by ,Let-

ters Patent, is:

1. Fastening means for loose leaves, consisting of a pair of elastic clamping arms adapted to detachably hold margins of a pile of leaves between them, and both arms having orifices out of line with each other for the reception of a lever end.

2. Fastening means for loose leaves, consisting of a strip of relatively stifl' elastic material doubled upon itself to provide spaced parallel plates, one of the plates having an orifice spaced from its free extremity, and means for securing said members upon an,- inclosed supporting body, with the extremities of the members including said orifice extending beyond the supporting body;

3. Fastening means for loose leaves, consisting of a supporting rigid strip, a plate of elastic material bent over said strip to provide a pair therebeyond and adapted to yieldingly clasp a number of loose sheets between them, and

means for securlng both clips to said strip. 4. Fastening means for loose leaves, comprising a strip of relatively rigid material, a pair ofvelastic members secured to opposite sides of the strip to project therebeyond,

, yieldingly marginal and with little Any other securing of opposed clips extending and a rivet securing said members to said strip.

5. Fastening means for loose leaves, com prising a strip of relatively rigid material having a recessed edge, a plate of elastic material doubled to provide a pair of spaced opposed clips embracing said strip, covering the recess therein and adapted to grasp tabs of a pile of loose sheets between them, and means for securing said clips to said strip.

6. Fastening means for loose leaves, com prising a strip of relatively rigid material having a recess in one longitudinal edge, a plate bent to provide clip-members embracing said strip to cover said recess, and a rivet securing said clips to the inclosed part of said strip, said plate having an opening to receive a lifting lever.

7. Fastening means for loose leaves, comprising a rigid strip, another rigid strip hinged thereto in spaced parallel relation, the second strip having a recess in its outer longitudinal edge, a plate bent to form spaced clip-members embracing the second strip to cover the recess therein, and said members adapted to releasably grasp superposed tabs of a pile of loose leaves seated in said recess.

8. Fastening means for loose leaves, comprising a rigid strip, another rigid strip placed in spaced parallel relation therewith, a flexible connection between the adjacent longitudinal edges of said strips, the second strip having a recess in its outer longitudinal edge adapted to receive marginal tabs from a pile of loose leaves, a pair of clip members secured on opposite sides of said second strip to overlie said recess and releasably grasp said tabs between them, the recess being wider than the tabs extending thereinto to provide a cavity between the clips, and one clip having an orifice therethrough over said cavity.

9. Fastening means for loose leaves comprising twolike rigid strips spaced apart, an envelop for said strips forming a flexible joint therebetween, one strip and its envelop both being marginally recessed, with the recess in said strip extending approximately one-half the width of the strip, an elastic plate bent double to embrace the recessed part of the strip to have its extremities overlie the recess, means for securing the clipmembers to the inclosed part of the strip, one of said members having an opening into the said recess, and wing flaps extending from opposite sides of the outer longitudinal edge of said recessed strip.

10. Fastening means for loose leaves, comprising fiexibly connected rigid strips, means for detachably securing superposed like marginal parts of a pile of loose leaves to one of said strips, and flaps extending from opposite faces of the last mentioned strip to cover portions of the upper and lower of loose leaves to said strip between said J surfaces of said pile of leaves. flaps to swing freely together with the flaps. 1o

11. Fastening means for loose leaves, com- Signed at Los Angeles, Cal., this 22nd day prising a rigid strip, flaps flexibly hinged of Dec. 1914.

to opposite faces thereof to project from FREDERICK A. MERRIMAN. one longitudinal edge thereof in spaced re- Witnesses:

lation relative to each other, and means for J. C. FRYE,

releasably hinging marginal parts of a pile GLADYS LIFT.

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